Sporting ad space
With its newest policy of making journalists wear ads (http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003615951), the National Football League has locked its brain in on money, which we all know is the bottom line in most pro sports. But the league also is trampling on journalistic integrity, which we shouldn't tolerate. We have enough trouble trying to keep ourselves free of improper associations, without having a third party saddle us with one for no legitimate reason. Distinctive garb for the working press makes perfect sense. Additional ads, though, are such an absurd imposition, it seems that we could make them go away pretty quickly by standing up to them. Another thought: Does Canon, one of these slapped-on sponsors, mind angering press photographers, who use their gear, by being a party to this?